Analysis of flow and heat transfer in a regenerator mesh using a non-Darcy thermally non-equilibrium model

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2493-2504

  Muralidhar, K ^a,b   Suzuki, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRICTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; REGENERATORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW;

FRICTION FACTOR; REGENERATOR MESH;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FLOW MODELING; GAS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; PULSATING FLOW; REGENERATOR;

EID: 0342526642     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00285-4     Document Type: Article

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